>><!--top1-->South Africa<!--top1End--> - <!--top1Content-->South African troops have been deployed to stop the recent backlash against foreigners that has left 42 dead and forced 15,000 to flee. This morning raids at three hostels in Johannesburg ended in the arrest of 28 people and the seizure of drugs, arms, and ammunition. The last time troops were used to ease unrest was in 1994 at the end of apartheid era. Some members of the South African government, including the director general of the intelligence agency and the minister of intelligence, have claimed that the attacks were orchestrated by movements that supported the apartheid government.<!--top1ContentEnd-->

>><!--top2-->Georgia<!--top2End--> - <!--top2Content-->Georgia's ruling United National Movement party has crushed its opponents in the parliamentary election, securing 59.5 percent of the vote according to official results released today, and cemented the power of President Mikheil Saakashvili. The second place United Opposition Bloc, which received 17.7 percent of the vote, has complained of irregularities in both the campaign and the vote. International monitors believe that the elections were an improvement on the past, but far from perfect.<!--top2ContentEnd-->

>><!--top3-->Italy<!--top3End--> - <!--top3Content-->Nearly 20 years after it was shut down by referendum in the wake of the Chernobyl disaster, Italy's nuclear power program is to be revived. Italy, the world's biggest net importer of energy, will begin construction on new nuclear power plants by 2013.<!--top3ContentEnd-->

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